Wire clothespin



Aug. 27, 1929. 1.. F. KEYSER WIRE CLOTHESPIN Filed Oct. 3, 1925 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Aug. 27, 1929.

LEROY F. KEYSER, OF AKRON, OHIO.

WIRE CLOTHESIBIN.

Application filed October 3, 1925. Serial No. 60,247.

The objects of the invention are to provide an improvement inwire clothespins in which the ordinary shape and appearance of the pins is preserved as much as possible and the amount of resiliency provided is substantially the same. It is also simply and cheaply constructed and is coated with a waterproof coating of zinc or similar electroplating to make it durable in all weathers and prevent it from soiling the clothes with rust.

The device includes wire loops forming the gripping sides of the pin, said sides being provided with opposed outwardly bent portions forming a diamond shaped opening between them in which the clothes line and clothes are securely held and prevented from slipping; also the opposite sides are preferably so bound together intermediate of their ends that fulcrum points are provided which give strength to the pin and also permit a distinct upper portion to project above the bond to serve as a grasping point for the pin. The device is capable of being made in several ways, some of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter specifically described, and the novelty thereof pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 illustrates the method of constructing the device in a front elevation thereof. Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view of the other edge. Fig.4 is a perspective thereof, and Figs. 5 and 6 show modifications thereof.

In these views, in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, A, and B are opposed loops formed preferably vof the same piece of wire. One side A of each loop extends from end to end of the pin, and these sides are integrally connected at the top by the Crossbars C. The other side D, of the loop A is then continued downward from the' crossbar C to the lower portion of loop A and thence one extremity extends upwardly to the upper crossbar C and thence downwardly and is bent transversely around the adjacent vertical side at F and thence connects and binds the sides together by wrapping it about the opposite sides at G. The other extremity of the loop B extends upwardly at H to meet the binding strand Gr above mentioned and thence crosses to the opposite sides at I and is wrapped about both said sides at J adjacent to the wrapping G, thus making a rigid bond between the sides of the pin.

In Figs. 5 and 6 a modified form is shown in which the loops A and B are formed of separate wires, and the sides of the loop A cross between the sides of the other loop B.

Coils K are formed at the upper ends of the sides of the loop A and the ends M, M of the sides of the loop B are turned at right angles and passed side by side through the coils aforesaid and clinched at their outer ends at M, M. The ends: of the coils are then turned downwardly and are wrapped around the sides of the loop B, at K thus forming fulcrum points or points of attachment, causing the tension upon the coils to tend to close them when the clothes line is introduced between the loop ends.

In all these views the diamond shaped opening P is preserved which is formed between oppositely bent portions of the sides of the loop, intermediate of their outer ends and the transverse straining bar or points above mentioned, thus making it impossible for the line to slip out and also gripping the line at spaced points tending to prevent the clothes from moving along the line. In these views the upper endsof the loops above the straining bar or point form a head by means of which the pin can be grasped, and the action and appearance are similar to the ordinary clothes pin. I

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a wire clothespin, the combination with a pair of wire loops resiliently connected at their upper ends, one loop being positioned within the other and having outwardly bent intermediate portions forming a diamond shaped opening, between the sides of which the clothes line and clothes are gripped, said resilient connection comprising vertical coils formed at the upper ends of the sides of one of said loops, the ends of the other loop being passed through said coils, the ends of said coils being turned 100 downwardly and wrapped about the sides of the outer loop, and forming therewith fulcrurn points upon which said loops are strained when opened to engage with said clothes line.

2. In a two Wire clothes pin, a loop, having its extremities turned at right angles to its sides and crossing each other, and a second narrower loop having its extremities coiled about said horizontal extremities of the first-named loop and thence extended downwardly and coiled about the sides of 10 the first-named loop, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my hand this 24th day of July, 1925.

LEROY F. KEYSER. 

